Biology and medicine in the landscape of quantum advantages

BA Cordier, NPD Sawaya… - Journal of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Quantum computing holds substantial potential for applications in biology and medicine,
spanning from the simulation of biomolecules to machine learning methods for subty** …

Interstitial fluid pressure as an emerging biomarker in solid tumors

H Salavati, C Debbaut, P Pullens, W Ceelen - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2022 - Elsevier
The physical microenvironment of cancer is characterized by elevated stiffness and tissue
pressure, the main component of which is the interstitial fluid pressure (IFP). Elevated IFP is …

A comparative study between conventional chemotherapy and photothermal activated nano-sized targeted drug delivery to solid tumor

MK Shahvandi, M Souri, S Tavasoli… - Computers in Biology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Delivery of chemotherapeutic medicines to solid tumors is critical for optimal therapeutic
success and minimal adverse effects. We mathematically developed a delivery method …

Interstitial fluid flow in cancer: implications for disease progression and treatment

JM Munson, AC Shieh - Cancer management and research, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
As cancer progresses, a dynamic microenvironment develops that creates and responds to
cellular and biophysical cues. Increased intratumoral pressure and corresponding increases …

Stimuli-sensitive nano-drug delivery with programmable size changes to enhance accumulation of therapeutic agents in tumors

M Souri, M Kiani Shahvandi, M Chiani… - Drug Delivery, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Nano-based drug delivery systems hold significant promise for cancer therapies. Presently,
the poor accumulation of drug-carrying nanoparticles in tumors has limited their success. In …

Microneedle arrays for sampling and sensing skin interstitial fluid

N Kashaninejad, A Munaz, H Moghadas, S Yadav… - Chemosensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dermal interstitial fluid (ISF) is a novel source of biomarkers that can be considered as an
alternative to blood sampling for disease diagnosis and treatment. Nevertheless, in vivo …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical modeling of drug delivery in a dynamic solid tumor microvasculature

M Sefidgar, M Soltani, K Raahemifar, M Sadeghi… - Microvascular …, 2015 - Elsevier
The complicated capillary network induced by angiogenesis is one of the main reasons of
unsuccessful cancer therapy. A multi-scale mathematical method which simulates drug …

Convection-enhanced delivery: connection to and impact of interstitial fluid flow

CA Stine, JM Munson - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Convection-enhanced delivery (CED) is a method used to increase transport of therapeutics
in and around brain tumors. CED works through locally applying a pressure differential to …

Computational fluid dynamics with imaging of cleared tissue and of in vivo perfusion predicts drug uptake and treatment responses in tumours

A d'Esposito, PW Sweeney, M Ali, M Saleh… - Nature Biomedical …, 2018 - nature.com
Understanding the uptake of a drug by diseased tissue, and the drug's subsequent
spatiotemporal distribution, are central factors in the development of effective targeted …

A spatiotemporal multi-scale computational model for FDG PET imaging at different stages of tumor growth and angiogenesis

FM Kashkooli, MA Abazari, M Soltani, MA Ghazani… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
A deeper understanding of the tumor microenvironment (TME) and its role in metabolic
activity at different stages of vascularized tumors can provide useful insights into cancer …